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WITH the north Clare property market soaring, auctioneer Peri Griffin said it is very difficult for local people who want to rent a home in their own areas. Ms Griffin, of Streets Ahead Properties, said there is a massive level of interest in almost any property that becomes available. “For instance we put up an advertisement for a place in Coore lately, and that wouldn’t be somewhere many people would be looking for, but we must have had 60 to 70 emails. “Here in Ennistymon you could have 150 emails. I put up one for Lisdoonvarna and in the space of five minutes there must have been 20 emails in.” She says the difficulties in the local rental market are actually going on for a long time. “We have had a crisis on our doorstep for the last six years, never mind just now.” She said that since she became active in renting properties in 2008 a number of landlords …
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